SWISSCOM CHALLENGE
(Zurich)
First round.-
1-Martina Hingis (Switzerland) bt Jelena Dokic (Australia) 6-3 6-2, 6-Jennifer Capriati (United States) bt Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Russia) 5-7 6-3 7-6 (8-6), Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) bt Dominique Van Roost (Belgium) 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 7-6 (7-4), Barbara Schett (Austria) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) 6-0 6-1, Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) bt Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 6-4 2-6 6-2.
CHASE CHAMPIONSHIP LINE-UP
Women's singles field for season-ending tournament in New York on November 13-19.-
Serena Williams (US), Venus Williams (US), Mary Pierce (France), Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain), Martina Hingis (Switzerland), Lindsay Davenport (US), Monica Seles (US) and Conchita Martinez (Spain).
CA TROPHY
(Vienna)
First round.-
Greg Rusedski (Britain) bt 4-Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-3, Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden) bt Jiri Novak (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-4, Roger Federer (Switzerland) bt 2-Magnus Norman (Sweden) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, Fabrice Santoro (France) bt Francisco Clavet (Spain) 6-4 2-6 6-4, 8-Cedric Pioline (France) bt Zbynek Mlynarik (Austria) 6-3 6-2, Jerome Golmard (France) bt Gianluca Pozzi (Italy) 6-3 6-4, Arnaud Clement (France) bt Jan-Michael Gambill (United States) 6-4 6-0.
JAPAN OPEN
(Tokyo)
Men's singles, first round.-
Kalle Flygt (Sweden) bt 11-Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina) 7-6 (9-7) 3-6 6-3, Wayne Black (Zimbabwe) bt Markus Hantschk (Germany) 6-3 7-5, Yoon Yong-il (South Korea) bt Christian Vinck (Germany) 6-4 1-6 6-2, Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) bt 16-Christophe Rochus (Belgium) 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Second round.-
Cecil Mamit (United States) bt 5-Michael Chang (United States) 7-5 6-4, 12-Sjeng Schalken (Netherlands) bt Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 6-4 6-2, Yoon Yong-il (South Korea) bt 14-David Prinosil (Germany) 6-4 5-7 6-1, Eric Taino (United States) bt Vincent Spadea (US) 6-3 7-5, 13-Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) bt Takao Suzuki (Japan) 3-6 6-1 6-1, 6-Byron Black (Zimbabwe) bt Daniel Elsner (Germany) 6-2 6-1, 15-Harel Levy (Israel) bt Lee Hyung-taik (South Korea) 6-2 6-4, Wayne Black (Zimbabwe) bt Taylor Dent (United States) 6-4 6-2, 4-Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) bt Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-4), 7-Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) bt Laurence Tieleman (Italy) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5.
Women's singles, second round.-
2-Amy Frazier (United States) bt Corina Morariu (United States) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3), Tara Snyder (United States) bt 3-Kristina Brandi (United States) 6-2 6-5 (Brandi retired), 5-Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) bt Lilia Osterloh (United States) 6-3 6-1, Joanette Kruger (South Africa) bt 7-Paola Suarez (Argentina) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-0).
JAPAN JUNIOR OPEN
(Osaka)
Girls singles, first round: Tracey O'Connor (NZ) bt Haruka Fujishiro (Japan) 2-6 6-3, 6-2, Ivana Jovanovich (NZ) bt Asha Burns (Australia) 6-1 6-7 (1) 6-2.
Boys singles, first round: Nick Lane (NZ) bt Yu Haneishi (Japan) 6-2 6-0, Jacob Olsen (NZ) bt Soren Spanner (Denmark) 6-2 6-4.
Tennis
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